About

Behind the Essayist

 

 

Russell E. Vance, III, PhD. is a retired psychotherapist who, after retiring, has followed his passions and dreams. He currently lives a nomadic RVer’s life spending over 90% of his life off-the-grid far out into the Sonoran Desert or in the dense cedar and hemlock forest of Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana where he and his lovely soul-mate, Pamela, serve as volunteer campground hosts. An unabashed tree-hugger and environmentalist, Russ’ post-retirement avocation became wildlife management; living among and helping keep deer, mountain goats, big horn sheep, bears and other creatures safe. Living in a 1996 Roadtrek 210, Russ enjoys spending his evenings writing. Philosophically Russ is an ontological naturalist and existentialist, which is what you would expect of a tree-hugger. Besides be an essayist, Russ has written two novels and several novella.